Improvement in needles



weeg @s faire' attlt WILLIAM 4I-IADDON 'MARRIQT'IL OF BALTIMORE,MARYLAND. Letters Patent No. 86,769, (lated February 9, 1869.

IIVEPROVEMENT IN NEEDLES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom @t may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM HADDON MARRIOTT,

of Baltimore, in the county of Baltimore, and State of Maryland, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Packing-Needles; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, lreference being-had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification.

` This 'invention relates to a new and useful improvement in needles forsewing canvas and other heavy and thick material, which needles areknown as packingneedles 5 and The invention consists in forming aonttingeedge in the eye of the needle, for cutting the thread whendesired, without resorting to a knife for that purpose, thus saving muchtime, and greatly facilitating the work.

In the accompanying plate of drawings- Figure l is a longitudinal sidevview of the needle, showing the curved end or blade.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal top view, -showing the eye, and thecutting-edge within the eye.

Figure 3 is across-section of the cutting-edge through the line a: :z:of g. 2.

Similar letters'of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My object in this invention is to provide a needle for sewing thicks'acking for packages, and for other purposes, with a knife orcutting-edge attached in such a manner as not to be in the way of thethread, and so as not to injure the hand of the person using the same. l

a represents the eye of the needle, and c is a slot tends the wholelength of the eutting-edge d.

The edge of this knife al (or cutting-edge) is ush with the side of theneedle, as seen in fig. 3, and the blade e oi" the needle is of the samewidth as the other, or eye-end, so that the passage of the needlethrough any material which admits of sewing cannot be obstructed.

The shoulder at the end ofthe cutting-blade prevents the thread fromleavin-g the eye proper, when using the needle, and the form of theknil'e,'the edge being i'lush with the side, allows the edge to `besharpcned by simply grinding or liling the side of the needle.

Needles thus constructed are of great use in sewing heavy canvas, orsimilar' material, when the thread is too large or strong to be readilybroken when it is desired to part it, as it is always necessary to havea knife at hand for parting the thread.

By having a knife or cutting-edge in the eye of the needle, asrepresented, much valuable time is saved, and lunch trouble andannoyance in hunting for a knife are avoided. i

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentother purposes,the cutting-edge (l, arranged substantially as and for the purposesherein shown and described.

- WM. HADDON MARRIOTT.

Witnesses WADE H. H'nIsKELI.,

WM. R. FLAHARTY. 1

forming a part of the eye toward the point, which eX-v In combinationwith a packing-needle, or needle for

